UND Ranked Second in Both Polls

Last weekend, there was some grumbling from some in the hockey blogsphere about UND being number one in the USCHO Poll. This week, we won't have to hear the grumbling. With the split this past weekend, the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks are ranked second in both polls.


In the ranking that actually matters, UND is currently third in the pairwise rankings. Finally, you can check out this site. With each win, UND is moving closer to securing a NCAA bid.


 

USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll
Rk.	School (First-place votes)	Record	Pts.	PR
1.	Quinnipiac (41)	19-1-3	990	2
2.	North Dakota (8)	19-3-2	941	1
3.	Providence (1)	15-3-4	889	3
4.	Boston College	15-4-3	820	4
5.	St. Cloud State	18-5-1	785	5
6.	Michigan	14-3-4	748	6
7.	Omaha	15-6-1	671	9
8.	Massachusetts-Lowell	14-4-4	611	11
9.	Harvard	9-4-3	603	7
10.	Cornell	11-3-3	528	8
11.	Boston University	11-7-4	496	10
12.	Yale	10-4-3	471	12
13.	Notre Dame	12-4-7	448	13
14.	Penn State	15-4-3	352	15
15.	Denver	10-7-5	335	14
16.	Rensselaer	12-7-5	180	20
17.	Michigan Tech	13-7-4	141	NR
18.	Bowling Green	13-7-5	140	16
19.	Minnesota Duluth	8-8-5	110	17
20.	Minnesota State	11-8-5	84	19
Others receiving votes: Robert Morris 58, Minnesota 46, Holy Cross 18, St. Lawrence 17, Dartmouth 4, Union 4, RIT 1.
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll
Rk.	School (1st-place votes)	Record	Pts.	PR
1.	Quinnipiac (30)	19-1-3	503	1
2.	North Dakota (3)	19-3-2	468	2
3.	Providence (1)	15-3-4	424	3
4.	St. Cloud State	18-5-1	388	5
5.	Boston College	15-4-3	375	4
6.	Michigan	14-3-4	357	6
7.	Omaha	15-6-1	279	9
8.	Harvard	9-4-3	251	8
9.	Massachusetts-Lowell	14-4-4	234	11
10.	Cornell	11-3-3	204	7
11.	Boston University	11-7-4	158	10
12.	Yale	10-4-3	154	12
13.	Notre Dame	12-4-7	149	13
14.	Penn State	15-4-3	71	15
15.	Denver	10-7-5	55	14
Others receiving votes: St. Lawrence 4, Michigan Tech 3, Minnesota 2,

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

January 11, 2016

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	North Dakota	(32)	18- 2-2	980	1
2	Quinnipiac	(18)	19- 1-3	967	2
3	Providence		13- 3-4	833	3
4	Boston College		14- 4-2	815	7
5	St. Cloud State		17- 5-0	775	4
6	Michigan		13- 3-3	747	8
7	Harvard		8- 3-3	676	5
8	Cornell		11- 2-2	661	9
9	Nebraska-Omaha		14- 5-1	603	6
10	Boston University		11- 6-3	562	11
11	Massachusetts-Lowell		12- 4-4	561	10
12	Yale		8- 4-3	437	12
13	Notre Dame		10- 4-7	375	15
14	Denver		9- 7-4	326	17
15	Penn State		13- 4-3	300	14
16	Bowling Green		13- 6-5	223	16
17	Minnesota-Duluth		8- 7-4	159	19
18	St. Lawrence		10- 7-2	152	13
19	Minnesota State		11- 7-4	124	18
20	Rensselaer		11- 7-4	71	20
Others receiving votes: Robert Morris 65, Michigan Tech 59, Union 12, Holy Cross 10, Minnesota 7.

Last weekend, the University of North Dakota was idle and played in an exhibition game against the U-18 team. UND would beat U-18 4-1.

This week, the Fighting Hawks remain in the no 1. Position at least for another week.

UND 2nd in USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

December 14, 2015

	Team	(First Place Votes)	Record	Points	Last Poll
1	Providence	(48)	12- 0-3	996	1
2	North Dakota	( 1)	16- 2-2	932	4
3	Quinnipiac	( 1)	15- 1-2	880	2
4	Boston College		13- 2-1	798	3
5	St. Cloud State		14- 4-0	793	6
6	Nebraska-Omaha		12- 3-1	779	5
7	Harvard		6- 1-3	696	7
8	Massachusetts-Lowell		10- 3-4	629	8
9	Cornell		8- 1-2	564	10
10	Michigan		9- 3-3	532	9
11	Boston University		9- 6-3	476	12
12	Bowling Green		11- 3-5	428	14
13	Yale		6- 4-2	368	15
14	Penn State		11- 2-3	336	16
15	St. Lawrence		10- 5-2	320	13
16	Notre Dame		9- 4-4	306	18
17	Denver		7- 7-2	254	11
18	Minnesota State		10- 6-4	124	20
19	Minnesota-Duluth		7- 7-3	88	17
20	Merrimack		6- 4-5	84	19
Others receiving votes: Rensselaer 50, Michigan Tech 36, Holy Cross 14, Robert Morris 11, Minnesota 6.

The University of North Dakota moves up to second in this week’s USCHO Poll. For those that were wondering, under the new Fighting Hawks nickname, UND is now 7-1.